ImageMagick: Out-of heap-based buffer read by processing crafted JPEG EXIF header tag value
Published Jun 5, 2012
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.36%
Description
The GetEXIFProperty function in magick/property.c in ImageMagick before 6.7.6-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a zero value in the component count of an EXIF XResolution tag in a JPEG file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- < 6.7.6-3
Configuration 2
- 6.0
Configuration 3
- 10.04
- 11.04
- 11.10
- 12.04
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ImageMagick-0:6.5.4.7-6.el6_2
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0544
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ImageMagick
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | ImageMagick-0:6.5.4.7-6.el6_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0544 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | ImageMagick | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of ImageMagick as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 as it did not backport the insufficient patch for CVE-2012-0259.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.36% (0.02360) | 83.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.36% (0.02360) | 81.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.94% (0.01936) | 82.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.36% (0.01365) | 86.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 4, 2024 | 1.36% (0.01365) | 84.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.92% (0.01924) | 86.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-06/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0544.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48679 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48974 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49043 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49063 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49317 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55035 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1435-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2012/vulnerability635606.html x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2462 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=20629 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/81021 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52898 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027032 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0259 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=807993 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-0259 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74657 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0259
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0259
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